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R.F. Kuang Quote: “We should do this more,” she keeps saying. “Junie, honestly, how have we never done this before?” “I don’t know,” I say, and then in an attempt to be deep, “Maybe we were afraid of how much we’d like each other.”

451. “We should do this more,” she keeps saying. “Junie, honestly, how have we never done this before?” “I don’t know,” I say, and then in an attempt to be deep, “Maybe we were afraid of how much we’d like each other.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.”

452. “When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I’m begging you. In her mind’s eye she saw the Phoenix recoil, as if irritated. It opened its wings in a huge, fiery expanse and then folded them. The way to the Pantheon shut.”

453. “I’m begging you. In her mind’s eye she saw the Phoenix recoil, as if irritated. It opened its wings in a huge, fiery expanse and then folded them. The way to the Pantheon shut.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You are the proximate cause,’ insisted Professor Chakravarti. ‘You can make it stop.’ ‘But that’s precisely the devil’s trick,’ Robin insisted. ‘This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”

454. “You are the proximate cause,’ insisted Professor Chakravarti. ‘You can make it stop.’ ‘But that’s precisely the devil’s trick,’ Robin insisted. ‘This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She would have torn apart kingdoms for this woman. She would have followed her to the gates of hell and back.”

455. “She would have torn apart kingdoms for this woman. She would have followed her to the gates of hell and back.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She saw it in a flash of utter clarity. She knew what she had to do. The only path, the only way forward. And what a familiar path it was. It was so obvious now. The world was a dream of the gods, and the gods dreamed in sequences, in symmetry, in patterns. History repeated itself, and she was only the latest iteration of the same scene in a tapestry that had been spun long before her birth.”

456. “She saw it in a flash of utter clarity. She knew what she had to do. The only path, the only way forward. And what a familiar path it was. It was so obvious now. The world was a dream of the gods, and the gods dreamed in sequences, in symmetry, in patterns. History repeated itself, and she was only the latest iteration of the same scene in a tapestry that had been spun long before her birth.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I have tamed a land created to wither humans away until they are polished bone. Do not think to defy me.”

457. “I have tamed a land created to wither humans away until they are polished bone. Do not think to defy me.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Can’t I be happy? I’ve missed you.”

458. “Can’t I be happy? I’ve missed you.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I prefer animal souls to mortals, to whom I’ve never had much to say. That doesn’t mean I’m diminished.”

459. “I prefer animal souls to mortals, to whom I’ve never had much to say. That doesn’t mean I’m diminished.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But she knew the truth now, and that gave her power.”

460. “But she knew the truth now, and that gave her power.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Professor Lovell scoffed. ‘Never. I look at those men, and I think of the vast differences between us. I am where I am because I believe in knowledge and scientific progress, and I have used them to my advantage. They are where they are because they have stubbornly refused to move forward with the future. Men like that don’t scare me. Men like that make me laugh.”

461. “Professor Lovell scoffed. ‘Never. I look at those men, and I think of the vast differences between us. I am where I am because I believe in knowledge and scientific progress, and I have used them to my advantage. They are where they are because they have stubbornly refused to move forward with the future. Men like that don’t scare me. Men like that make me laugh.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Whatever you’re seeing, whatever you’re feeling, it’s not as strong as you are.”

462. “Whatever you’re seeing, whatever you’re feeling, it’s not as strong as you are.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge for pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”

463. “The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge for pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Publishing gossip, it turns out, is a lot of fun when you’re speculating about other people’s misfortune.”

464. “Publishing gossip, it turns out, is a lot of fun when you’re speculating about other people’s misfortune.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I want what Stephen King has, what Neil Gaiman has. Why not a movie deal? Why not Hollywood stardom? Why not a multimedia empire? Why not the world?”

465. “I want what Stephen King has, what Neil Gaiman has. Why not a movie deal? Why not Hollywood stardom? Why not a multimedia empire? Why not the world?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She wants you,’ Robin said. He’d only just realized this, and now that he said it out loud, it seemed so obvious that he felt stupid for not seeing it earlier. ‘Very badly. So why – ’ ‘Don’t you know why?’ Their eyes met.”

466. “She wants you,’ Robin said. He’d only just realized this, and now that he said it out loud, it seemed so obvious that he felt stupid for not seeing it earlier. ‘Very badly. So why – ’ ‘Don’t you know why?’ Their eyes met.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She responds to all my emails within the day, often within the hour, and always in depth. She makes me feel like I matter. When she tells me this book will be a hit, I know that she means it.”

467. “She responds to all my emails within the day, often within the hour, and always in depth. She makes me feel like I matter. When she tells me this book will be a hit, I know that she means it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Our world is a dream of the gods. Maybe they have other dreams.”

468. “Our world is a dream of the gods. Maybe they have other dreams.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I am, in fact, rather astounded by my mental resilience.”

469. “I am, in fact, rather astounded by my mental resilience.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You can’t kill a movement.”

470. “You can’t kill a movement.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The thing about watching someone get high was that if you weren’t getting high yourself, things got very boring very soon.”

471. “The thing about watching someone get high was that if you weren’t getting high yourself, things got very boring very soon.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Nezha reached for her shoulder. “Meimei. Come on.” Meimei. Little sister.”

472. “Nezha reached for her shoulder. “Meimei. Come on.” Meimei. Little sister.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The tunnel turned out to be much wider than it appeared from the outside. They.”

473. “The tunnel turned out to be much wider than it appeared from the outside. They.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “To be fair, their fights were tabled rather than resolved. They had not really confronted the reasons why they’d fallen out, but they were all willing to blame it on stress. There would be a time when they had to face up to their very real differences, when they would hash things out instead of always changing the subject, but for now they were content to enjoy the summer and to remember again what it was like to love one another.”

474. “To be fair, their fights were tabled rather than resolved. They had not really confronted the reasons why they’d fallen out, but they were all willing to blame it on stress. There would be a time when they had to face up to their very real differences, when they would hash things out instead of always changing the subject, but for now they were content to enjoy the summer and to remember again what it was like to love one another.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Pick one? Just one, of all these treasures?”

475. “Pick one? Just one, of all these treasures?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I’ve written myself into a corner. The first two-thirds of the book were a breeze to compose, but what do I do with the ending? Where do I leave my protagonist, now that there’s a hungry ghost in the mix, and no clear resolution?”

476. “I’ve written myself into a corner. The first two-thirds of the book were a breeze to compose, but what do I do with the ending? Where do I leave my protagonist, now that there’s a hungry ghost in the mix, and no clear resolution?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Most authors would confess they hear an inner editor, an internal naysayer that hampers and nitpicks their attempts at first drafts. Mine has taken the form of Athena. Haughtily she peruses and dismisses every story idea I attempt: “too trite”, “too formulaic”, “too white”. She’s even harsher at the sentence level: “the rhythm’s off”, “that imagery doesn’t work”, “seriously, another em dash?”

477. “Most authors would confess they hear an inner editor, an internal naysayer that hampers and nitpicks their attempts at first drafts. Mine has taken the form of Athena. Haughtily she peruses and dismisses every story idea I attempt: “too trite”, “too formulaic”, “too white”. She’s even harsher at the sentence level: “the rhythm’s off”, “that imagery doesn’t work”, “seriously, another em dash?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Order is present in the earthly kingdom when all beings understand their place. All beings understand their place when they fulfill roles set out for them. The fish does not attempt to fly. The polecat does not attempt to swim. Only when each being respects the heavenly order may there be peace.”

478. “Order is present in the earthly kingdom when all beings understand their place. All beings understand their place when they fulfill roles set out for them. The fish does not attempt to fly. The polecat does not attempt to swim. Only when each being respects the heavenly order may there be peace.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It’s so important to think about what perspectives aren’t embraced by Anglophone readers, you know? We must make space for the subaltern voices, the suppressed narratives.”

479. “It’s so important to think about what perspectives aren’t embraced by Anglophone readers, you know? We must make space for the subaltern voices, the suppressed narratives.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The price of power is pain.”

480. “The price of power is pain.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Jiang moved through the world like he didn’t belong there. He acted as if he came from a country of near-humans, people who acted almost exactly like Nikara but not quite, and his behavior was that of a confused visitor who had stopped bothering with trying to imitate those around him.”

481. “Jiang moved through the world like he didn’t belong there. He acted as if he came from a country of near-humans, people who acted almost exactly like Nikara but not quite, and his behavior was that of a confused visitor who had stopped bothering with trying to imitate those around him.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Ah. The law.” Jiang sniffed at an unidentified leaf and then tossed it away. “So inconvenient. So irrelevant.”

482. “Ah. The law.” Jiang sniffed at an unidentified leaf and then tossed it away. “So inconvenient. So irrelevant.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But we are the weaker party. We have no choice but to play their game. That’s how power works.”

483. “But we are the weaker party. We have no choice but to play their game. That’s how power works.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “This was only grotesque if she saw her opponents as humans. But she didn’t see humans, because Sinegard and Altan had taught her to compartmentalize and detach. Learn to look and see not a man but a body. The soul is not there. The body is simply a composite of different targets, and all of them burn so bright.”

484. “This was only grotesque if she saw her opponents as humans. But she didn’t see humans, because Sinegard and Altan had taught her to compartmentalize and detach. Learn to look and see not a man but a body. The soul is not there. The body is simply a composite of different targets, and all of them burn so bright.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She felt like a little rodent burrowing down in its hole, trying to pretend that if it lay low enough, the the world outside wouldn’t bother it.”

485. “She felt like a little rodent burrowing down in its hole, trying to pretend that if it lay low enough, the the world outside wouldn’t bother it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I have never met an Englishman I trusted to do the right thing out of sympathy.”

486. “I have never met an Englishman I trusted to do the right thing out of sympathy.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We could escape to the New World,’ Ramy proposed. ‘Go to Canada.’ ‘You don’t even speak French,’ Letty said. ‘It’s French, Letty.’ Ramy rolled his eyes. ‘Latin’s flimsiest daughter. How hard could it be?”

487. “We could escape to the New World,’ Ramy proposed. ‘Go to Canada.’ ‘You don’t even speak French,’ Letty said. ‘It’s French, Letty.’ Ramy rolled his eyes. ‘Latin’s flimsiest daughter. How hard could it be?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It was like an exercise in hope’, she said after a pause. ‘Loving her, I mean. Sometimes I’d think she’d come around. Sometimes I’d look her in the eyes and think that I was looking at a true friend. Then she’d say something, make some off-the-cuff comment, and the whole cycle would begin all over again. It was like pouring sand into a sieve. Nothing stuck.”

488. “It was like an exercise in hope’, she said after a pause. ‘Loving her, I mean. Sometimes I’d think she’d come around. Sometimes I’d look her in the eyes and think that I was looking at a true friend. Then she’d say something, make some off-the-cuff comment, and the whole cycle would begin all over again. It was like pouring sand into a sieve. Nothing stuck.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “And it strikes me as very convenient that shortly after her death, you come out with a book about the very same subject.”

489. “And it strikes me as very convenient that shortly after her death, you come out with a book about the very same subject.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The thing about violence, see, is that the Empire has a lot more to lose than we do. Violence disrupts the extractive economy. You wreak havoc on one supply line, and there’s a dip in prices across the Atlantic. Their entire system of trade is high-strung and vulnerable to shocks because they’ve made it thus, because the rapacious greed of capitalism is punishing. It’s why slave revolts succeed. They can’t fire on their own source of labour – it’d be like killing their own golden geese.”

490. “The thing about violence, see, is that the Empire has a lot more to lose than we do. Violence disrupts the extractive economy. You wreak havoc on one supply line, and there’s a dip in prices across the Atlantic. Their entire system of trade is high-strung and vulnerable to shocks because they’ve made it thus, because the rapacious greed of capitalism is punishing. It’s why slave revolts succeed. They can’t fire on their own source of labour – it’d be like killing their own golden geese.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Did you know they strapped him down and made him watch as they took the others apart to find out what made them tick? What are Speerlies made of? The Federation was determined to find out. Did you know they kept them alive as long as they could, even when they had peeled their flesh away from their rib cages, so they could see how their muscles moved while they were splayed out like rabbits.”

491. “Did you know they strapped him down and made him watch as they took the others apart to find out what made them tick? What are Speerlies made of? The Federation was determined to find out. Did you know they kept them alive as long as they could, even when they had peeled their flesh away from their rib cages, so they could see how their muscles moved while they were splayed out like rabbits.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She passed her time sleeping. She wanted to sleep all the time now, especially after meals, and when she did it was a heavy and dreamless sleep. She wondered if her food and drink were drugged. Somehow, she was almost grateful for this. It was worse to be alone with her thoughts.”

492. “She passed her time sleeping. She wanted to sleep all the time now, especially after meals, and when she did it was a heavy and dreamless sleep. She wondered if her food and drink were drugged. Somehow, she was almost grateful for this. It was worse to be alone with her thoughts.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She suspected that he, too, wanted to suspend reality and break the rules, to ignore the fact that they were about to part forever and just share these last jugs of wine.”

493. “She suspected that he, too, wanted to suspend reality and break the rules, to ignore the fact that they were about to part forever and just share these last jugs of wine.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But as she and Rin had both discovered, the battles were easy. Destroying was easy. The hard part was the aftermath.”

494. “But as she and Rin had both discovered, the battles were easy. Destroying was easy. The hard part was the aftermath.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She dressed him in finely embroidered silks and adorned him with so many lucky amulets of gold and jade that Mingzha clinked everywhere he walked, weighed down with the burden of good fortune. The palace servants liked to joke that they could always hear Mingzha before they saw him.”

495. “She dressed him in finely embroidered silks and adorned him with so many lucky amulets of gold and jade that Mingzha clinked everywhere he walked, weighed down with the burden of good fortune. The palace servants liked to joke that they could always hear Mingzha before they saw him.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If it’s focus that you want, I can give you focus. I can concentrate on anything. But to empty my mind? To be devoid of all thought? All sense of self? What good does that serve?” “It serves to sever you from the material world,” Jiang answered. “How do you expect to reach the spirit realm when you’re obsessing over the things in front of you?”

496. “If it’s focus that you want, I can give you focus. I can concentrate on anything. But to empty my mind? To be devoid of all thought? All sense of self? What good does that serve?” “It serves to sever you from the material world,” Jiang answered. “How do you expect to reach the spirit realm when you’re obsessing over the things in front of you?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But maybe he hadn’t hated the gods. Maybe he’d just hated that he couldn’t access their power for himself.”

497. “But maybe he hadn’t hated the gods. Maybe he’d just hated that he couldn’t access their power for himself.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Cities needed water to survive, just like bodies needed blood. So if they wanted to seize the Empire, they needed only to sail through its arteries.”

498. “Cities needed water to survive, just like bodies needed blood. So if they wanted to seize the Empire, they needed only to sail through its arteries.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Only he could determine the truth, because only he could communicate it to all parties.”

499. “Only he could determine the truth, because only he could communicate it to all parties.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It was a good deal smaller than he’d remembered, or perhaps he’d just grown taller. The.”

500. “It was a good deal smaller than he’d remembered, or perhaps he’d just grown taller. The.”

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